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New experimental approach may help overcome drug resistance in deadly brain cancer

Scientists have identified a promising new strategy to tackle one of the biggest obstacles in treating glioblastoma, one of the most aggressive forms of brain cancer: resistance to chemotherapy. The study shows that an experimental compound called BA-101 can restore the effective

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Losing sleep is bad for individuals. Communities, too?

Large groups of people often lose sleep because of big events like a record 18-inning World Series game or a contested election night, or sudden crises like a flood, pandemic or war. In a new paper published in Clocks & Sleep, Harvard sleep researchers argue that while the mental

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Psilocybin therapy shows potential as a treatment for anorexia nervosa in small trial

A small pilot study from the Center for Psychedelic Research at Imperial College London indicates that psilocybin—the active ingredient in psychedelic "magic mushrooms"—may have potential as a treatment for anorexia nervosa when combined with therapy. Anorexia nervosa is a seriou

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Glycoprotein G unlocks genital herpes spread to nerves, revealing vaccine target

Researchers at the University of Gothenburg have identified a key protein that allows the virus that causes genital herpes to get into the nervous system. The discovery, made in experiments on mice, could pave the way for future vaccines against the disease. The study is publishe

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Societies combine to issue recommendations on use of incretin drugs in obesity therapy

Obesity and dietitian societies have joined forces to issue a new consensus statement on recommendations surrounding the use of obesity drugs for weight loss treatment. The statement, which is published in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology, is led by Dr. Laurence Dobbie of the

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Researchers discover new form of hereditary prostate cancer

Researchers at the University of British Columbia have identified a new form of hereditary prostate cancer that, while rare, can cause aggressive disease at a young age. The discovery paves the way for genetic testing programs that could help identify at-risk families and support

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Hidden pocket reveals new way to target prostate cancer's 'undruggable' ERG protein

In the United States, prostate cancer is a leading cause of cancer-related disease and death in men. About half of prostate cancer cases in patients of European ancestry have a gene rearrangement in which the genes TMPRSS2 and ERG are fused together. This causes the ERG protein t

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Brain imaging reveals how neural networks coordinate multiple streams at once

Working with concurrent electroencephalogram and functional magnetic resonance imaging technology at the Beckman Institute's Biomedical Imaging Center, postdoctoral researcher Suhnyoung Jun and her colleagues have investigated how the brain connectome's dynamics unfold across dif

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Genome editing in rats enables more accurate estrogen receptor-positive breast cancer mode

Rat disease models have played an integral role in scientific discovery and cancer research, including Nobel Prize–winning work from Charles Huggins on hormone therapy for prostate cancer in 1966. However, technical challenges in genetic engineering of rat models have limited the

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Unmedicated women with depression do not tolerate heat as well as those on SSRIs

Media stories, social media posts and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have asserted that selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs)—a class of medication commonly used to treat mental health conditions including depression and anxiety—may increase people'

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Eye movements reveal personal 'fingerprints' as people explore unfamiliar scenes

Walk into a crowded coffee shop, and what catches your eye as you take in the scene could say as much about you as the spirals on your fingertips or the mutations in your DNA. Eye movements are so unique, in fact, that they could be used to identify you through objects that have

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Damaged myelin generates abnormal rhythms in the sleeping brain

Scientists have discovered how damage to the myelin sheath—the insulating layer around nerve fibers—affects brain activity during sleep.

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